Short and Sweet guest critic Phillip Nardi reviews Bullets Over Broadway with host Diana Martinez for the Daily Herald.
Martinez says “These over-the-top characters, funny/punny one-liners, great music and brilliant dancing all add up to a great night out.”
Read more and watch the video review at the Daily Herald website
Short and Sweet host Diana Martinez and guest critic Holly Daigle discuss Matilda The Musical, now playing at the Oriental Theatre through April 10.
Martinez says “The true magic of the show is the underlying moral and message to children that knowledge is power.”
Read more and watch at the Daily Herald website
Short and Sweet critic Diana Martinez reviews Beautiful – The Carole King Musical with Daily Herald guest critic Susan DeBouver.
DeBouver writes that the show makes “you smile, sway and warm[s] your heart like a fond childhood memory. This musical was one of the best I’ve ever seen.”
Read more and watch the video review at the Daily Herald.
Diana Martinez has reviewed For the Record presents Dear John Hughes for Short & Sweet at the Daily Herald.
“The show is styled like a cabaret show linked with popular 80’s music. Each line is taken from a movie, and every line written by John Hughes himself in a mash-up sketch comedy-like fashion. The show is a nostalgic, campy throwback to mid-1980 and reminisces on the Gen-X teen trials with coming-of-age, prom, detention and relationships. The show weaves in classic scenes and lines from “The Breakfast Club, “Weird Science”, “Pretty in Pink”, “Sixteen Candles” and “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.”…The cast had the audience up on their feet singing and dancing at the finale and isn’t what this kind of show is meant to be? Just fun, nostalgic and feel good.” Read more at the Daily Herald
Short & Sweet host Diana Martinez and guest critic Patrick Murphy of Elgin attended Dee Snider’s Rock & Roll Christmas Tale and Murphy describes the show as a rock concert mixed with a comedy show: “You were laughing at one moment; the next you’re up clapping, stamping your feet, rocking rock show.” According to Murphy, it’s different from typical holiday shows and has a broad appeal for audience members of all ages. Read more at the Daily Herald